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Patricia Earnest, et al. v. Joann Ellison, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 20-3381 · judgment September 17, 2020


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Does a court of appeals deny a party due process under the 14th Amendment when it decides the case on a basis never litigated or passed on as a matter of fact or law in the trial court and raised for the first time on appeal.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Patricia Earnest

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 11 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Dec 08 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 23, 2021)